I ask for a navy, primarily, because it is the surest means of keeping peace; and also because if war does come, surely there can be no American who will tolerate the idea of its h...
It is no wonder the people of Washington have shown themselves true to the practices and principles of the men who fough...
The only way to do in building up the Navy is to keep on with it.
The surest guarantee of peace is an adequate Navy.
If you were not I would want to know what was the matter with you.
Do not threaten; do not bluster; above all, do not insult other people; but when you make up your mind that the situatio...
The best possible assurance against war is an adequate navy.
I ask that we, the inheritors of the glory of the men who founded the Republic under Washington, of the men who saved it...
Whether we wish it or not we have to be a great power; we have to play a great part.
We can glory now in the deeds of Manilla and Santiago, because for the dozen years before our people were building up th...
I ask that you show your appreciation of what the Navy did in '98, that you show your appreciation of what was done in t...